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NBL All League 5 - The run home

!st Team

Randle (MVP)
Ware-Has played more than a 3rd of the games
Newley
Prather
Johnson

2nd Team

Lisch
Sobey
Goulding
Craig-(inconsistent)
Ogilvy


3rd Team

Clarke
Penney
Creek-(if he plays the rest of the season)Otherwise Jawai
Whittington
Kickert


Just missed

Jawai or creek
Trice
Mckay
Wortho
Kay

1st team:
Ware
Randle
Newley
Craig
Johnson

2nd team:
Sobey
Lisch
Prather
Worthington
Ogilvy

3rd team:
Clarke
Goulding
Creek
Whittington
Mckay

Unlucky omissions:
Penney
Kickert
Kay

Johnson
Craig
Prather
Ware
Randle


Ogilvy
Newley
Sobey
Goulding
Clarke


Jawai
Whittington
Creek
Penney
Lisch

The NBL formula is 3 outside players and 2 inside.
They don't pick based on traditional positions.
So there doesn't have to be a designated centre.

Randle
Sobey
Newley
Creek
Johnson


Lisch
Goulding
Craig
Kickert
Kay


Ware
Martin
Prather
Worthington
Ogilivy

1st team:
Ware
Randle
Newley
Craig
Johnson

2nd team:
Sobey
Penney
Prather
Kickert
Whittington

3rd team:
Lisch
Creek
Goulding
Mckay
Jawai

None of the true centres have been that outstanding, so I think the best bet is going to be DJ at the 5, with a forward who can play big - probably Craig.

Randle is a lock for one of the guard spots. I think Prather is a leader for one of the others.

Rule out Ware, Dillard and Cotton for missing games. From the scoring leaders, that leaves: Penney, Newley, Goulding, Lisch, Clarke, Sobey - all between 16-17.5 PPG. Newley and Sobey have an edge going by RPG and APG. Sobey has the edge for W-L record.

It could end up being

1st team - Randle, Sobey, DJ
MVP - Randle
MIP - Sobey
6th Man - Creek
COTY - Wright

And more importantly 2016/17 Champions Adelaide (early days but a possibility).

A huge clean up of the awards and well deserved.

I think you can't go past Randle, Sobey & DJ.
Great form, their team wins & they make other players around them better.
Ware has been great, but hasn't played all the games & UTD still have lost a few games WITH him in the team.

I think Prather has earned the 3 spot just over Newley.

5 man is a tough one.. as a Hawks fan I'd actually put Nick Kay up there for a dark horse consideration (even though he plays mostly 4 for us) but honestly I think McKay has been the best/most consistent 5 man this season.

If it doesn't have to be a genuine 5 man, Torrey Craig gets the nod with DJ.

So- Randee, Sobey, Prather, Craig, DJ.

G Randle
G Lisch
F Prather
F Craig
C Johnson

G Ware
G Penney
F Newley
F Kickert
C Ogilvy

G Sobey
G Clarke
F Goulding
F Whittington
C McKay

Ingles 13, how does Ogilvy make the 5 pmsl?

No room for Creek Ingles13?

Randle
Sobey
Prather (would be Newley if he didn't miss these 3-5 weeks)
DJ
Ogilvy

Lisch
Ware
Newley
Craig
Mckay

Clarke
Penney
Goulding
Whittington
Kickert

I don't see how Ware could possibly make it, just hasn't played enough games.
The NBL formula is to pick three "outside" players and two "inside."

I'd suggest that Randle and Prather are locks for the first two outside roles, the other I'd suggest is a toss-up between Lisch and Penney.

DJ gets the first inside spot, the other is a bit tougher to pick. Maybe Kickett?

Where would you classify Craig this season? He's a 3/4 who lines up as the SF, but plays extremely well inside.

I think the first team guard spots are lock in Randle and Ware. Sobey in the 2nd team, but nothing to be ashamed of.

Prather in as 3 and I would go DJ as 4 as I think he is a better 4 than 5. I think 5 is wide open.

Dillard has shone, but only played less than 33%. Ware is around 50%, but I think that needs to be the minimum.

If you're in Melbourne on January 30th, please support this great charity initiative by Daniel Eade. If you're not in Melbourne, please pass this on to any basketball fans you know over there:

BASKETBALL STARS STAND TALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

The biggest basketball stars of yesterday are lacing up the boots one more time to raise money for Queensland, Northern NSW, Carnarvon WA and Victoria after the devastating floods of the last few weeks.

Seven-time NBL MVP Andrew Gaze headlines an extraordinary amount of talent that will return to the court at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on January 30th at 12pm.

Gaze will be joined by Chris Anstey (NBL MVP 2006 and 2008), Lanard Copeland, Darryl McDonald, Marcus Timmons, Brett Rainbow, Andrew ‘The Microwave’ Parkinson, Darryl ‘The Ice-Man’ Pearce, Frank Drmic, Darren Lucas and Adonis Jordan, plus a host of other big names to be announced this week.

In response to overwhelming anticipated need, Variety the children’s charity launched a Flood Appeal to help provide grass roots assistance to sick, disadvantaged and children with special needs touched by this natural disaster.

Daniel Eade, the organizer of the event, said, “All Australians have been deeply scarred by the devastation of the Queensland floods. The loss of life has been sickening”.

“I felt I needed to do something. After speaking to Variety the children’s charity, who will be in charge of all the donations, I made a phone call to Andrew Gaze, and once he said ‘Yes’ the ball just started rolling. ‘Charity Baskets’ was born.”

Gaze retired from the NBL in 2005 after 21 seasons, and during that time he appeared in five Olympic games and played in the NBA with the Washington Bullets and San Antonio Spurs. Gaze, Anstey, Copeland and Jordan all have NBA experience.

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Adults - $20, Children - $10, and a Family ticket (2x2) - $50 with all money going to Variety the children’s charity. More information on the Variety Flood Appeal www.variety.org.au

What Charity Basketball Match

When January 30th at 12pm.

Where Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre

Cost Adults - $20, Children - $10, and a Family ticket (2x2) - $50